Utensil for cooking annular food products



Aug. 9, 1927. H- M WIL-cox ,638,673

UTENSIL FOR COOKING ANNULAR FOOD PRODUCTS lFiled May 15, 1926 Patented Aug. 9,1927. f .i i 7 UNITED l5mi-T155 PAIENT- oFFlCE,

UTENSIL non Cookino ANNIQAR Foon rRoDUc'rS.

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a two-part mold having a central tunnel or passage extending through the same from the top to the bottom. the mold containing a mold cavity, surrounding thel walls ot the tunnel or passage, that has the shape of the product to be produced. Thewalls of the mold and oi the tunnel or passage are made comparativelv thin and of approximately uniform thicknessr` so lthat the materialto be cooked will be uniformly heated over its entire periphery when the utensil is placed over a flame or other source of heat.

Specitically considered, therefore, the present invention maybe said to have tor' its object to produce a simple and novel utensil ifor cooking a foo-d product having` some of the characteristics of a doughnut without employing grease or any other liquid heating medium.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claim; but, Jfor a. full understanding ci` my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may e had to the following detailed description taken in connection withthe accompanying; drawing'. wherein:

Figure l is a top plan viewof a device arranged in accordance `with my invention, showing multiple molds; and Fig. 2 is a section taken approximately on line 2-2 of Fig. l.

In the drawing I have illustrated my invention as applied to a device containing halla dozen molds, whereby as many units may be cooked at a time,I and the detailed description will be confined to this partiou`k lar form of device. for the sake of brevty;` although the present invention is not limited by the number of molds or mold cavities present in a single utensil.

Referring to the drawing, l and 2 repre.- sent two similar half molds. The mold cavities are so formed that when the two halves ot the mold are placed together, the mold will contain annular cavities 3, con-v veniently circular in Section on any plane w ending radially from the axis of the cavto the periigihery of the latter. The mold 1era;` serial No, 108,722.`

sections are ')rovided with hin e'ears l so Y l 1 y g 7 Vdisposed that when the two halves are placed jtogetherthe hinge ears will be in operative Yrelation to each other. On'the side oppozztc that at which 'the hinge ears are located, are suitable handles `irovided with hand holds 6 that are poor conductors of heat. lith-en the two parts of the mold are fastened together bv means oi' hinge pins 7, the mold mav bev opened by swinging the handles apart and be closed and held closed by brinriing the two handles together.

Each individual unit of each mold section is in the form of' a shallow pan having a reentrant, open-ended tubular part 8 forming a continuation of the bottom wall. These tubular elements are made of such length that when the mold is closed, each of the tubular elements will abut at its inner end against the inner end ofthe opposite tubular element. The body of the mold is made of metal, preferably aluminum, so disposed that each mold cavity is come pletely enclosed in walls of approximately uniform thickness. Vfhere a group of mold cavities are employed in a single utensil, the openings that would be left between each group of ifour are closed by webs 9, forming an integral part of the mold.

In using the utensil, a doughnut batch is made vup in the form of a batter instead of dough; the mold is opened, `preferably after it has been heated, and one-half of the same is filled with the batter. The mold is then closed and is held over the .source of heat. As the batter cooks, it swells and fills the mold cavities and thereafter the utensil may be turned over so as to bring the opposite side directly over the source of heat. The cooking will be completed in a. very short time, the utensil being preferably turned over a few times in order to insure uniform browning of the .surfacesfof the doughnuts. The heat and the heated gases rising from the source of heat, will pass Lthrough the tunnels or passages, so that the entire' lowerrhalt` of each doughnut will be uniformly heated at all points and there will consequently be no unevenness in the surface color., The webs 9 prevent waste of heat and hot gases, but spread the same toward the tunnels that serve as chimneys.

The edges of the mold units, both around the top of each half mold cavity and around the top or inner end of each central tubular member, are .preferably made comparatively narrow so that if the batter, when it is poured into the mold, runs over one of these edges, not enough of it can be cau ht between the melting edges ofthe mol YwhenV the latter is closedto form any appreciable fin on the food product along the plane of division in the mold.`

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the definitions of my invention 15 constituting the appended claim.

I claim:

A device for Cookin annular food products, comprising an 1mperforate two-partI mold having at the top and bottom central tubular reentrant portions that abut against each other vwhen the two parts are placed together, thus producing a central passage extending through the mold and a closed annular molding com artment surroundin said passage, the wal s of the mold and o the tubular portions being of approximately uniform thickness.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

HENRY M. WILCOX. 

